Costa Rica Children
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In Costa Rica boys and girls are usually brought up nice family environments. Being this a Catholic country, moral issues are to be respected and they certainly make a very important counterpart in the children’s education. The peace that characterizes the country is well taught in both at home and school grounds during their entire learning years. Costa Rica has also met the majority of goals of the World Summit for Children on the basic areas of health and education. Costa Rica succeeded in establishing a legal framework complying with the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). As you can see this country is set to give the best environment for the children, meeting high standards and committing with the international entities in charge of the well being of children worldwide. In Costa Rica, everyday child life starts by getting up early to go to school. Education in Costa Rica is mandatory and free of charge, this law has achieve turning this country into the more alphabetized country in Latin America, where less than 2% of the population has not received proper elementary education. The Costa Rica teen sector is also well privileged in the educational matters, mostly in urban areas, where the technology and school programs are easier to access.
In spite of the many efforts to provide children with the best environment possible social and territorial issues continue to be boundaries and limitations for the development of projects to protect children. Poverty, sexual exploitation and domestic violence seem to be the main issues Costa Rica population has to strive with everyday. Although Costa Rica has tried to adopt the Responsible Paternity Law, institutional difficulties of bureaucracy along with cultural differences have slowed down the process. The greatest advance to handle this situation has been the appointment of a Ministry for Children and Adolescents. This ministry combined with the help of the PANI (Patronato Nacional de la Infancia, entity in charge of child issues and matters) are a couple of steps closer to renew the entire situation for Costa Rica girls and boys all over the country. Boys and Girls in Costa Rica reside usually in warm loving environments where the family is the most important thing, however the problems explained above are commonly found in poor regions and the ignorance becomes their worst enemy. Regarding work, the International Labor Organization Convention No. 138 vetoed legislation where the minimum age authorized for kids to work is 12 years of age; Children’s and Adolescent’s Code proclaims the special regime of protection for young workers, setting the minimum age to 15 years old.
As you can see in Costa Rica the youngsters are part of the main matters of society. A great step taken to increase children’s knowledge and have access to advanced technology was to built the Children’s museum this inspiring building was a former penitentiary and now is the home of many up to scale expositions designed specially for children to learn and understand how important knowledge is to achieve their goals. The museum s association is constantly having workshops and competition where children can show their talents and be encouraged in getting as far as they can go. Tica girls are no longer neglected like they were years ago and boys are being raised to see them as equals and specially, both are being taught to work as a team, giving with this the opportunity to make better citizens where ignorance no longer rules. A boy or a girl from Costa Rica is definitely on the right track to be an example of society and make the best they can, regardless their gender. Costa Rica is trying and the small successes are just motivational treats to continue to find solutions and enjoy children as much as children enjoy life.
